Islaam for a Buddhist

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   Hi Mr. Tasneem!!!!!!!!

Thank you for answering me. Please forgive me for my english.

Yes, Mr.Mockba has answered me in a nutshell and I thank him.

Thank you for your patience to answer me.

You asked me the source of my knowledge. I got it from a very general
source Mr. Tasneem. Its muhammad.net, answers.com, about.com and
islamicity.com. 

http://www.answers.com/muhammad

http://atheism.about.com/b/a/019913.htm?terms=islam

http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/blfaq_islam_qu ran.htm

You said, "There
are many sources whose aim is to discredit Islam through false and foul
means. There are many websites on the Internet as well as publications
which have been written by people who have no credibility in presenting
historical facts. A lot of people fear the spread of Islam and try
their very best to mislead those who seek to gain or improve their
knowledge on Islam." Mr.
Tasneem, I did not find any site demeaning or defaming Islaam and
obviously I would not go through those sites to get my knowledge. But I
found many Islaamic sites which defame other religions. This is what I
posted in another discussion.

Thank you for clearing me about Muhamad.

You said, "At
the same time, unlike other religions we don�t turn the other cheek in
submission. If oppressed God has permitted the Muslims in the Qur�an to
retaliate and the retaliation should not exceed the injustice received.
Also Muslims have been advised that forgiveness is better than
retaliation. So, Mohammed (PBUH) did not allow Muslims to kill other
people leave alone women unjustly."

But when you say "retaliate" it will not give the desired answers. Its
common sense. If anyone beats me up and I go and beat him up then it
will just escalate the hostility between both. Am I not true?

Its a common sense and common truth that hatred cannot be countered by
hatred. Its love alone which conquers both body and mind. You said that
you do not submit another cheek, but slapping him also will not solve
the problem.:)

You say that God "permitted" Moslems.............. God save me............. I am afraid when you say such statements.:-((

You said Muhamad has enimies. Yes every great deed is definitely met with opposition. :(

You said, "But he was on a mission from God. " How do we know that Muhamad is on a mission?

You said,"He could not just sit in Madina to save his life. He had to face his enemies and cleanse Mecca of the idolatory that was being practised during that time."I
do not understand your opposition to idolatry. I know that God has no
form. But why do you give him names and call them "beautiful names"? Is
it not as bad as idolatry? What is the difference between form and
name? When I write "Allaah" is it not a form? You may say that you do
not worship or pray to the form "Allaah" but you directly pray to
Allaah. Similarly though idolators have a stone they definitely dont
pray to the stone, they pray to which the stone signifies, that is God
or Allaah. Its simple, everyone knows that stones cannot do anything.
But then you go round and round of Caabaa and try to kiss the black
stone. You drink the water from the Zamzam. Dont you? In another
discussion, a member answered me that they are rituals and I have read
elsewhere that because some prophet(I dont know his name, it may be
Abraham) did that, thats why you do. If this is the case, why dont you
consider the same thing with the idolators?

Another question, what do you imagine in your mind when you Namaaz?
Your mind is definitely not blank. Even if your mind is blank, it
should be either bright light or totally dark or simply said blank. But
then even infinitely blank is a form isn't it? Its given a name
formless..... But in most of the cases when you Namaaz, you think of
Caabaa, isn't it? So when you are imagining Caabaa, you are praying to
Caabaa. Though Caabaa is very sacred, but still it is not Allaah or God
for you. So this means you can worship a form in your mind but cannot
pray to a form outside. Right?

And do you believe that God is Omnipresent? If God is omnipresent, then
he should be everywhere, which means he is also in the stone, rock,
form etc. If God is everywhere, then everything is God.

If you seem to say that God is different from the creation, i.e., if
you say or the Koran says that God is not omnipresent, then you are
radically missing some point.

You said, "Despite all his kind
words his enemies were bent on removing him to save the religion that
there fathers and forefathers practised. Mohammed (PBUH) had no choice
but to face these people (who had oppressed him and persecuted him) to
fight them in the battle field.
" You initially said that Muhamad said forgiveness is better. But then
he sought to fight the one who persecuted him. Does that mean that he
preached forgiveness but he himself denying it? Its a basic instinct
when anyone attacks a person or his/her beliefs which even his/her
forefathers used to follow, then definitly they would revolt. There are
many peaceful methods. War or revolt is not at all a solution. If war
was a solution, then there would have been no world. War is just an
effect.

You said,"But there are no records to prove that he had been able to kill even one person! " I never said Muhamad killed.:)

But asking others to wage a war itself is a biggest mistake. Isnt it?

I am not basing these on some illogical premises. Just see, after
Muhamad passed away, the war did not stop, it continued until Moslems
conqured India. And you still see that same mindset followed for evil
purposes in many countries. Sometimes they call it Jihad.

This is what I see in the world, but Sri Lankan Moslems are very peaceful. This may be because they are of local origin.

Thank you for giving me the premises or the rules followed during the
war.:) Thank you also for clearing my future doubt about who is a
Moslem.:)

Thanking you, hope you understand what I said.

Waiting for your reply.

Varshaken, the Samurai.